Artnet

Sotheby’s Expected to Sell 104 CryptoPunks for a Record $30 Million. Instead, the Collection Was Pulled Just Before the Sale

Sotheby’s planned to make history on February 23 with a single-lot sale of 104 CryptoPunks, estimated to fetch between $20 million to $30 million. Instead, the collection—which carried the ...
Forbes

As Sotheby’s Prepares To Auction 104 CryptoPunks For $30 Million, It’s Time To Ask Whether NFTs Are Morally Bankrupt

When CryptoPunk 9998 went on the market for $558 million in 2021, the seller didn’t have to look hard to find a buyer because both were the same person. The NFT’s record-breaking price was reported ...
CoinTelegraph

CryptoPunks 'have changed the history of art,' says panel at Sotheby's auction

CryptoPunks enthusiasts and hopeful bidders gathered Wednesday night at Sotheby's auction house in New York City for what turned out to be a non-event after the consignor of 104 CryptoPunks decided to ...
TechCrunch

NFT phenom CryptoPunks was just sold to a nonprofit

Yuga Labs, known as the creator of Bored Ape Yacht Club and other notable NFTs, sold its iconic CryptoPunks to the nonprofit NODE Foundation, which focuses on preserving digital art. The deal details ...
The New York Times

Sotheby’s NFT Sale, Expected to Hit $30 Million, Suddenly Canceled

The CryptoPunk auction was supposed to set a new benchmark for NFT prices, but instead the consignor bowed out and posted a meme on Twitter. By Zachary Small At Sotheby’s on Wednesday night, a single ...
CoinDesk

Sotheby’s Withdraws Lot of 104 CryptoPunks Minutes Before Expected Auction

NEW YORK — A collection of 104 CryptoPunks expected to be sold for up to $30 million was put on ice Wednesday during a much-anticipated auction at Sotheby’s. A Sotheby’s representative said the seller ...
Barron's

Sotheby’s Withdraws Sale of 104 CryptoPunks at Seller’s Request

A single-lot of 104 CryptoPunk nonfungible tokens, or NFTs, owned by a single collector was withdrawn 23 minutes after the sale was to have gone live at Sotheby’s in New York on Wednesday at the ...
CoinTelegraph

Seller 'rugs' $30M CryptoPunks collection minutes before Sotheby’s auction

After pulling out of $30 million Sotheby’s auction just minutes before it was set to go live, the anonymous NFT collector made fun of the luxury art auction house on Twitter. NFT enthusiasts and fine ...
Observer

The NFT Expert at Christie’s Is Leaving the Auction Industry for CryptoPunks

Noah Davis, the non-fungible token (NFT) expert who helped usher in the art world’s NFT craze, is leaving his position at Christie’s Auction House. He will now be working on the NFT collection ...
Inc

CryptoPunks Proved People Will Pay Lots of Money for Digital Tokens

CryptoPunks. Free to Claim. Edited by Yuga Labs and Zak Group. Photo: Phaidon If you think about it too much, it seems kind of crazy that anyone would drop six figures for a digital rendering of a ...
Artnet

The First-Ever CryptoPunks Book Features Every Last One of the Digital Artworks

When Canadian blockchain enthusiasts Matt Hall and John Watkinson gave away 10,000 CryptoPunks, tiny digital artworks comprising pixelated faces that people could claim free of charge, they could have ...
Business Insider

Christie’s Web3 Expert Leaves Auction House to Run CryptoPunks for Yuga Labs

After acquiring the coveted CryptoPunks non-fungible token (NFT) project back in March, Yuga Labs is bringing on Noah Davis, a key part of the NFT team at auction house Christie’s, to be the project’s ...